Archives for
June 2013

The facts about the secret NSA surveillance program, known as PRISM, remain hazy. Did Internet companies like Google and Facebook give the U.S. government direct access to their servers, and by extension, user data? Or did they merely comply with sta...

Git is a powerful, open-source distributed version control system and social code repository. GitHub is the world's largest open-source community, hosting millions of public repositories. Users add innovative new projects on a daily basis. With the l...

A startup could offer the most innovative software, the most disruptive service, the greatest thing ever available for purchase in the history of commerce -- but if the company color scheme is off-putting, its customers might decide to shop elsewhere...

Who needs a cup of joe when you can kick-start your Monday with a hilarious dose of viral videos? Watch slow-mo water droplets, a falcon hunting a professional racing cyclist, the Philadelphia Orchestra performing on a delayed flight and a social exp...

Neil Patrick Harris kicked off his hosting duties for the 2013 Tony Awards with a show-stopping opening number Sunday night. The eight-minute-long act featured musical recaps of nominees, including Kinky Boots, Motown: The Musical, Pippin, Bring It O...

A nose-picker. A lonely baby outside a Gucci store. A naked German man in a car trunk. If you're thinking these three people have nothing in common, you are incorrect. With help from Google Street View, we found the link between these beautiful citiz...

Samsung has launched the Galaxy Ace 3, a low-end (or entry-level, if you prefer) Android smartphone with a 4-inch screen and LTE capability. The specifications are nothing to write home about: a 1GHz dual-core processor, 4-inch, 480x800 display, a 5-...

You're sick of all the mainstream social networks. The constant baby pictures, your oh-so-in-love couple friends, your creepy co-worker who Likes every single one of your photos. If you want to trim down your social networking, or if you would rather...

Today's Google Doodle is a wonderful animated tribute to Maurice Sendak, an American author and illustrator widely known for his 1963 children's book, "Where the Wild Things Are." The Doodle is one of the most elaborate animated Doodles we've seen --...

Apple will let Apple TV users tune into its Worldwide Developer Conference on their televisions, a rare occurrence that may signify a major announcement is on the way. The company brought back its "Apple Events" icon on Apple TV, according to MacRumo...

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More than one in three adult Americans now owns a tablet, more than double the number who owned one just a year ago, according to a study released by the Pew Research Center Tuesday. Pew surveyed 2,252 U.S. adults, and found that 34% owned a tablet, ...

Dads are super supportive -- they fix our broken bikes and help us with math homework. Now, you can return the favor and give your digital-savvy dad the support he needs -- in the form of tech accessories. SEE ALSO: 20 Goofy Someecards to Show Your D...

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. According to a report, Google will pay $1.3 bill...

Greetings from the Moscone Center in foggy San Francisco, where Apple CEO Tim Cook takes the stage Monday morning at WWDC. Apple developers from around the world will bear witness to the company's first product update since the iPad Mini was launched...

Are you working on a startup? If so, I hate to break it to you, but there's a good chance it will fail. In fact, recent research shows that 75% of startups fail (based on a study of 2,000 startups that received VC funding from 2004 to 2010). Odds are...

Amazon announced Monday that it is expanding its AmazonFresh grocery service to Los Angeles, confirming last week's reports. Residents of Los Angeles can now place orders for same-day and early morning delivery on a selection of fresh produce and ite...

LOS ANGELES -- Spike TV is launching GDEX, the first tool to measure upcoming or newly released video games' social media buzz, at E3 on Monday morning. GDEX, a partnership among Spike, GameTrailers and Mass Relevance, scours social media for fans' p...

The Internship, the comedy featuring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn as fortysomething interns at Google, came in at No. 4 in the box office this weekend, marking an underwhelming launch. The film earned $18.1 million over the weekend, according to Box ...

There's a reason we flip through Skymall every time we board a flight, dog-earing catalogue pages with giant floating trampolines and vibrating bath mats -- we love novelty, and now we expect it from our gadgets, too. We carry around a ton of digital...

Barack Obama is checking your email, so clean up your inbox. Many people freaked over news of NSA's PRISM Internet surveillance program, but one Tumblr decided to take a lighter approach to the scandal. SEE ALSO: 25 Tumblrs to Make You Laugh Out Loud...

More than 10,000 people have signed a White House petition demanding President Barack Obama pardon NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. On Sunday, Snowden, 29, identified himself as the source behind the revelations on widespread NSA surveillance progra...

One of the best things about Twitter (and the Internet in general) is its ability to connect us with celebrities, political figures and athletes. In honor of last night's NBA Finals Game 2, the people at Jimmy Kimmel Live put together a special baske...

Many people are scrambling to increase online security after the news of PRISM, a surveillance program that grants the NSA access to users' data on at least nine major websites, leaked last week. But there's one major roadblock to hiding online data....

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